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Monday, October 26, 2015

There weren't a lot of big premieres this week, but several of the top shows early in their fall seasons took larger-than-usual drops. Mentioned last week that American Horror Story (1.67) had a big drop in week two, but it was about in line with what the series usually does. Going down another 28% in week three? Not so much. So after the first two points were -4% and -5% year-to-year, this one was -24%. It could be in very low-1's territory sooner rather than later.

To round out a rough week for FX, Fargo (0.27) dropped 44% of its same-day demo in week two. (It dropped less than 20% last year.) Homeland (0.37) dipped 20%ish for the second straight week, and The Walking Dead (6.17) shed 17% in week two to slightly worsen its year-to-year trend.

Joining this week is BET's Being Mary Jane, which had a solid 0.93/0.98 two-hour premiere. It was down about 20% from last year's 1.16 opener, but well above the 0.6's and 0.7's it was hitting late last season.

FULL TABLE:

Show

Net

This Week

This Season

Ep#

A18-49

Last

Seas

Avg

y2y

Proj

Proj +

Skew

The Walking Dead

AMC

2

6.17

-17%

6

6.93

-15%

6.31

411

66%

American Horror Story

FX

3

1.67

-22%

5

2.27

-10%

1.71

112

66%

Being Mary Jane

BET

2

0.96

n/a

4

0.96

-13%

0.73

47

55%

South Park

Com

5

0.76

-12%

19

0.86

-26%

0.80

52

76%

Girl Meets World

DISN

22

0.62

-19%

2

0.55

-7%

0.55

33

29%

The Bastard Executioner

FX

7

0.30

-6%

1

0.50

n/a

0.44

29

47%

Homeland

SHO

3

0.37

-20%

5

0.46

-11%

0.49

32

42%

Doctor Who

BBCA

5

0.31

-14%

10

0.45

-14%

0.36

24

48%

Awkward

MTV

8

0.37

+32%

5

0.38

-28%

0.37

24

66%

Fargo

FX

2

0.27

-44%

2

0.38

-49%

0.31

20

37%

Switched at Birth

ABCF

19

0.43

+26%

4

0.37

-33%

0.37

22

54%

Z Nation

Syfy

6

0.32

-20%

2

0.36

-26%

0.36

23

50%

Stitchers

ABCF

11

0.20

-39%

1

0.33

n/a

0.33

20

51%

The League

FXX

7

0.21

-25%

7

0.32

-10%

0.27

17

84%

The Leftovers

HBO

3

0.38

+52%

2

0.32

-55%

0.35

23

60%

Faking It

MTV

18

0.23

+15%

2

0.24

-33%

0.25

16

59%

Haven

Syfy

3

0.18

-5%

6

0.19

-14%

0.17

11

36%

The Affair

SHO

3

0.18

+20%

2

0.17

+6%

0.20

13

32%

Public Morals

TNT

10

0.08

-38%

1

0.15

n/a

0.15

9

22%

You're the Worst

FXX

7

0.11

+38%

2

0.13

-56%

0.13

9

72%

Fear the Walking Dead

AMC

1

3.88

n/a

3.88

231

65%

True Detective

HBO

2

1.15

+17%

1.15

68

56%

Rick and Morty

ADSM

2

1.00

+57%

1.00

60

64%

The Haves and the Have Nots

OWN

2

0.93

+0%

0.93

55

37%

Pretty Little Liars

ABCF

6

0.89

-7%

0.89

53

56%

Ballers

HBO

1

0.84

n/a

0.84

50

63%

The Last Ship

TNT

2

0.72

-32%

0.72

43

31%

Rizzoli and Isles

TNT

6

0.70

-27%

0.70

42

21%

The Game

BET

9

0.63

-24%

0.63

41

56%

Suits

USA

5

0.61

-21%

0.61

36

35%

Major Crimes

TNT

4

0.60

-29%

0.60

36

18%

The Strain

FX

2

0.60

-41%

0.60

36

57%

Power

STRZ

2

0.57

+78%

0.57

34

57%

Teen Wolf

MTV

5

0.50

-30%

0.50

30

54%

Falling Skies

TNT

5

0.49

-35%

0.49

29

31%

The Fosters

ABCF

3

0.48

-18%

0.48

29

51%

Mr. Robot

USA

1

0.48

n/a

0.48

28

44%

Devious Maids

Life

3

0.46

-24%

0.46

28

44%

The Brink

HBO

1

0.46

n/a

0.46

27

54%

Clipped

TBS

1

0.45

n/a

0.45

26

46%

Ray Donovan

SHO

3

0.44

-15%

0.44

29

41%

Humans

AMC

1

0.39

n/a

0.39

23

42%

Tyrant

FX

2

0.37

-31%

0.37

22

40%

Baby Daddy

ABCF

4

0.37

-14%

0.37

22

61%

Melissa and Joey

ABCF

4

0.36

-21%

0.36

22

62%

Complications

USA

1

0.35

n/a

0.35

21

31%

Young and Hungry

ABCF

2

0.35

-14%

0.35

21

62%

Royal Pains

USA

7

0.35

-35%

0.35

21

31%

Scream

MTV

1

0.34

n/a

0.34

20

57%

Murder in the First

TNT

2

0.31

-30%

0.31

19

19%

Proof

TNT

1

0.31

n/a

0.31

19

19%

Hell on Wheels

AMC

5

0.30

-22%

0.30

18

21%

Graceland

USA

3

0.29

-39%

0.29

17

43%

UnREAL

Life

1

0.27

n/a

0.27

16

49%

SexDrugsRockRoll

FX

1

0.26

n/a

0.26

16

54%

Dominion

Syfy

2

0.25

-47%

0.25

15

36%

Chasing Life

ABCF

2

0.25

-49%

0.25

15

48%

Defiance

Syfy

3

0.25

-46%

0.25

15

28%

Dark Matter

Syfy

1

0.24

n/a

0.24

14

30%

Killjoys

Syfy

1

0.23

n/a

0.23

14

31%

Married

FX

2

0.19

-46%

0.19

11

60%

Playing House

USA

2

0.18

-56%

0.18

11

54%

Halt and Catch Fire

AMC

2

0.16

-35%

0.16

10

39%

Masters of Sex

SHO

3

0.13

-48%

0.13

9

29%

Kevin from Work

ABCF

1

0.13

n/a

0.13

8

53%

Becoming Us

ABCF

1

0.11

n/a

0.11

6

46%

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